Ontario reports 179 new Covid cases … and most want the border opened

Ontario reports 179 new Covid cases … and most want the border opened

Ontario reports 179 new COVID-19 cases and 8 more deaths

Ontario is reporting fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths on Saturday.

Provincial health officials logged 179 new coronavirus cases, down from 183 on Friday and 209 a week ago.


Majority of Canadians think COVID-19 U.S. border restrictions should lift this year: Nanos

OTTAWA — A majority of Canadians are in favour of lifting all pandemic-prompted travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border this year, according to a new survey from Nanos Research.

As conversations continue about when the federal government will lift certain border measures like mandatory testing, quarantines, and limits on who can cross into Canada for non-essential reasons, new data indicates that most people will be ready for a return to pre-pandemic rules by the end of 2021.

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LEVY: It’s already over for small businesses in Ontario

Politicians are well-known for speaking out of both sides of their mouths.

At no time did we see more of that behaviour than during the past 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic when we expected our politicians to show some modicum of leadership.

Sadly, for the most part, that leadership has been lacking in so many areas.

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Majority of Democrats believe COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab: Poll

A majority of people, now including a slim majority of Democrats too, believe the coronavirus most likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory rather than from nature, a new poll shows, indicating a shift in public opinion since early in the pandemic as China continues to block a truly independent and thorough inquiry into COVID-19’s origins.

The new poll from Harvard University and Politico found that 52% of people in the United States, including 59% of Republicans and 52% of Democrats, believe the coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab, while just 28% of adults say COVID-19 began with an infected animal.

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Ontario reports 183 new Covid cases … and a jab booster?

Ontario reports 183 new Covid cases … and a jab booster?

Ontario reports 183 new COVID-19 cases; 7-day average falls below 200

Ontario reported 183 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and nine additional deaths Friday, as the seven-day rolling average of new cases fell below 200 for the first time since early Sept. 2020.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases fell to 192, from 206 on Thursday.


Pfizer developing booster shot to combat COVID-19 Delta variant

Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are developing a COVID-19 booster shot to target the highly transmissible Delta variant.

In an email to Global News, the companies confirmed that they have seen “encouraging data in the ongoing booster trial” of the vaccine that suggests a third shot of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has the capacity to offer the “highest levels” of protection against known COVID-19 variants, including Delta.

Virus antibodies are no match for Delta variant, study shows

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Quebec to use vaccine passports to limit access to non-essential services if COVID-19 situation worsens

Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services Christian Dubé made it clear that the rollout of the vaccine passport will not happen until all eligible Quebecers will have had a chance to receive two doses of the vaccine, which is estimated to happen around Sept. 1.

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Warning: New Zealand Govt Will ‘Go and Find’ People Who Refuse Covid Vaccine

In New Zealand, the communist government will be “chasing out people” who are “hesitant” to take the coronavirus vaccine. The country’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins declared that the govennment will be actively hunting those who have yet not “come forward” on their own.

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HHS Secretary: It Is ‘Absolutely The Government’s Business’ If People Haven’t Been Vaccinated

Republicans have criticized President Joe Biden’s plan to go “door-to-door” in areas with low vaccination rates to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated. The White House later clarified that the program involved grassroots volunteers — not federal officials — and that the government is not using personal medical records to verify vaccinations. CNN Host Brianna Keilar asked Becerra about criticism that Biden’s program is too invasive.

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